Skim Abraham Lincoln's letter to Horace Greeley, 1862 (Links to an external site.). In this letter, Lincoln reiterates his moderate stance on the existence of slavery in the US. What can you tell about his personal view of the institution of slavery? What is his political/public view on the institution? Take a look at this address, in which Frederick Douglass urges black men to join the war in 1863 (Links to an external site.). Douglass was one of the people urging Lincoln to allow black men to don the US uniform and fight for their own freedom. Others of Douglass' demands, like equal pay, would not be achieved. The North's war goal had shifted from containing and tolerating slavery where it already existed to eliminating slavery everywhere in the US. Check out this eye-witness account of the Richmond bread riots in 1863 (Links to an external site.). Led by the women of Richmond Virginia, a mob formed in the Confederate States of America's capital city and looted local stores for flour, food, and supplies. What can we learn about the southern home-front experience of the war? Recall the article by newspaper editor and pro-slavery propagandist James DeBow urging non-slaveholders to fight for the Confederacy. For what reasons does he say that non-slaveholders should and would enlist to fight? A couple of things to remember as you read: 1) most Confederate soldiers were yeoman farmers and landless laborers because the wealthy were exempted from fighting (on both sides); 2) most of the war was fought on southern soil; 3) the Confederacy experienced a high rate of temporary and permanent desertions. Scroll through these illustrations of the New York City draft riots in 1863. (Links to an external site.)Following the announcement of the Union Army draft, many people in New York City revolted. They aimed their violence at wealthier men able to buy their ways out of the draft and black people, who many viewed as the cause of war itself (in an ironic twist). What do these images say about northern attitudes about the draft and the war? Prompt: Use the above linked sources to debunk one of the misconceptions that people today hold about the Civil War: That President Lincoln was a moral abolitionist and equal rights activist since the beginning of his career or even at the beginning of the war. That the Civil War was a war between white people, and that black and enslaved people did not participate. That neither the Union or the Confederacy suffered from internal divisions over ideology, social class, etc. That people in the Union and the Confederacy were uniformly zealous in fighting for their side's cause during the war.
Skim Abraham Lincoln's letter to Horace Greeley, 1862 (Links to an external site.). In this letter, Lincoln reiterates his moderate stance on the existence of slavery in the US. What can you tell about his personal view of the institution of slavery? What is his political/public view on the institution?
Take a look at this address, in which Frederick Douglass urges black men to join the war in 1863 (Links to an external site.). Douglass was one of the people urging Lincoln to allow black men to don the US uniform and fight for their own freedom. Others of Douglass' demands, like equal pay, would not be achieved. The North's war goal had shifted from containing and tolerating slavery where it already existed to eliminating slavery everywhere in the US.
Check out this eye-witness account of the Richmond bread riots in 1863 (Links to an external site.). Led by the women of Richmond Virginia, a mob formed in the Confederate States of America's capital city and looted local stores for flour, food, and supplies. What can we learn about the southern home-front experience of the war?
Recall the article by newspaper editor and pro-slavery propagandist James DeBow urging non-slaveholders to fight for the Confederacy. For what reasons does he say that non-slaveholders should and would enlist to fight? A couple of things to remember as you read: 1) most Confederate soldiers were yeoman farmers and landless laborers because the wealthy were exempted from fighting (on both sides); 2) most of the war was fought on southern soil; 3) the Confederacy experienced a high rate of temporary and permanent desertions.
Scroll through these illustrations of the New York City draft riots in 1863. (Links to an external site.)Following the announcement of the Union Army draft, many people in New York City revolted. They aimed their violence at wealthier men able to buy their ways out of the draft and black people, who many viewed as the cause of war itself (in an ironic twist). What do these images say about northern attitudes about the draft and the war?
Prompt: Use the above linked sources to debunk one of the misconceptions that people today hold about the Civil War:
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- That President Lincoln was a moral abolitionist and equal rights activist since the beginning of his career or even at the beginning of the war.
- That the Civil War was a war between white people, and that black and enslaved people did not participate.
- That neither the Union or the Confederacy suffered from internal divisions over ideology, social class, etc.
- That people in the Union and the Confederacy were uniformly zealous in fighting for their side's cause during the war.
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